€560 Main Event Day 1de | 2024 EAPT Madrid

02-17-2024 11:15 UTC+1

Just Two Starting Flights Remain in EAPT Madrid Main Event

Ryan Lashmar

Day 1d, the fourth of five starting flights for the EAPT Madrid €560 Main Event at the Casino Gran Via, is set to begin today at 1:00 p.m. local time.

So far the Main Event has attracted 98 total entrants across the first three starting flights and 15 players have advanced to Day 2. Day 1b chip leader Dario Bagattini holds the overall chip lead currently with an impressive 649,000 chips, well ahead of his nearest competitors Javier Romero (432,000) and Day 1a chip leader Luigi (413,000). Today a new group of competitors will attempt to give Bagattini a run for his money for the overall chip lead heading into Day 2.

Overall Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Dario Bagattini	Switzerland	649,000
2	Javier Romero	Spain	432,000
3	Luigi	Spain	413,000
4	Matthew Gray	United Kingdom	394,000
5	Mykyta Andrusiak	Ukraine	376,000
6	Oscar Gironella	Spain	308,000
7	Francisco Fernandez	Spain	253,000
8	Alexey Neofitov	Russian Federation	221,000
9	Oliver Gayko	Germany	159,000
10	Gorka Echevarria	Spain	153,000

After Day 1d, which consists of 40-minute levels, there will be one last chance to advance to Day 2 in the turbo Day 1e flight, which begins at 8:00 p.m. local time and features 20-minute levels. Players can reenter once per starting flight and late registration will be open until the end of Level 9 for both Day 1d and Day 1e. Both starting flights will end when 15% of the field remains at which point all remaining players will advance to Day 2 and be in the money.

After Day 1e the fields will combine for Day 2 on February 18 at which point all remaining players will be guaranteed at least a min-cash; however all players will undoubtedly have their sights set on the top four places. The top four players will not only receive the lion's share of the prize pool but will also each receive a €5,000 package to Cyprus for the Mediterranean Poker Party in May which includes a $2,000 entry to the EAPT Grand Final.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the action for this event.

Tags: Alexey Neofitov Dario Bagattini Francisco Fernandez Gorka Echevarria Javier Romero Matthew Gray Mykyta Andrusiak Oliver Gayko Oscar Gironella

02-17-2024 14:26 UTC+1

De La Fuente Delivers a Brutal Cooler

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 2 : Blinds 200/300, 300 ante

Sergio De La Fuente opened to 700 from early position and received a call from a player in middle position before a player in the hijack three-bet to 2,600. A player in the cutoff four-bet to 7,500 and De La Fuente put in a five-bet to 20,000. Only the cutoff called.

The flop came Q♦10♦4♠ and De La Fuente moved all in for roughly 25,000. His opponent, who was slightly covered, went deep into the tank.

After roughly three minutes the cutoff put in the call and was at risk.

Cutoff: K♥K♣
Sergio De La Fuente: A♦A♠

It was the ultimate cooler as the cutoff had pocket-kings only to run into De La Fuente's pocket-aces. The 7♥ turn and 4♣ river were bricks and De La Fuente scored a colossal early double up and a pot worth over 200 big blinds while his opponent made his exit from the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergio De La Fuente	89,000 89,000	89,000

Tags: Sergio De La Fuente

02-17-2024 16:19 UTC+1

Campos Spikes the River

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 5 : Blinds 300/600, 600 ante

In a preflop confrontation a player in the small blind was all in for 23,200 and up against Pablo Campos in middle position who held a covering stack.

Small Blind: A♠K♣
Pablo Campos: A♦Q♥

Campos was in rough shape with a dominated ace and found no help on the 3♣3♥5♣ flop. The 8♣ turn was also a brick but the Q♦ river gave Campos exactly what he needed to score the knockout and take down a nice pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Pablo Campos	93,400

Tags: Pablo Campos

02-17-2024 18:55 UTC+1

Celdran Scores a Double Knockout

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 8 : Blinds 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Three players saw a final board of 10♦4♥8♣6♦K♦. One player in the hijack was already all in from a previous street, the main pot was worth roughly 30,000 and the side pot was worth 11,000.

A player in middle position bet 25,000 and Fernando Celdran moved all in from the cutoff, covering his opponent who had roughly 45,000 behind.

The middle position player went deep into the tank for several minutes until the clock was called. Finally he made the call and was also at risk.

The hijack could only show Qx9x for queen-high. The middle position player had 8♦8♥ for a set of eights but Celdran turned over J♦9♦ for a flush to eliminate both players and drag in a pot worth over 150 big blinds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Celdran	191,000 191,000	191,000

Tags: Fernando Celdran

02-17-2024 19:23 UTC+1

Abdella Building a Monster Stack

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 9 : Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Hatim Saber opened to 3,200 from the button and was called by Ahmed Abdella in the big blind.

The flop came 7♣5♥2♥. Abdella checked, Saber bet 3,000, Abdella check-raised to 9,500 and Saber called.

Abdella bet 14,000 on the 3♠ turn and this time Saber opted to fold.

Abdella had already done a great job building a stack before this hand and is currently the chip leader by a wide margin over the rest of the field.

Elsewhere in the tournament area, Sergi Perez was recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Abdella	325,300 325,300	325,300
Hatim Saber	95,200 -16,800	-16,800
Sergi Perez	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Hatim Saber

02-17-2024 20:34 UTC+1

Cuesta Makes a Straight Flush

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 10 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Fernando Celdran opened to 5,500 from under the gun and received calls from Fabio Cardoso in early position, Xoan Mourino in middle position, Nacho Cuesta on the button and a player in the big blind.

All five players checked the J♦7♦3♦ flop leading to the 4♦ turn. The big blind checked, Celdran bet 3,500, Cardoso folded, Mourino called, Cuesta called and the big blind folded.

On the 6♦ river action checked around to Cuesta who bet 8,000. Celdran called and Mourino got out of the way.

Celdran showed down A♠Q♦ for a queen-high flush but Cuesta tabled A♦5♦ for a straight flush to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Celdran	297,000 23,000	23,000

Nacho Cuesta	140,000 140,000	140,000
Xoan Mourino	83,000 19,000	19,000
Fabio Cardoso	74,000 14,500	14,500

Tags: Fabio Cardoso Nacho Cuesta Xoan Mourino

02-17-2024 23:32 UTC+1

No Comeback for Saber

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Ahmed Abdella opened to 8,000 from under the gun and Fernando Santa Maria three-bet to 23,000 from the button. Hatim Saber moved all in for 32,000 from the big blind and Abdella reshoved with a covering stack, forcing Santa Maria out of the pot to leave Saber at risk for the third consecutive hand.

Hatim Saber: 8♣8♦
Ahmed Abdella: K♥K♠

Saber could not catch an eight on the 2♦J♦4♠7♠9♦ runout and was sent to the rail despite a valiant effort to spin up his short stack while Abdella collected the last of his chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ahmed Abdella	210,000 127,000	127,000
Fernando Santa Maria	132,000 -33,000	-33,000
Hatim Saber	Busted

Tags: Ahmed Abdella Fernando Santa Maria Hatim Saber

02-17-2024 23:52 UTC+1

Ledesma Flops the Goods

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Manuel Ledesma opened to 13,000 from the hijack and a player in the cutoff moved all in for 91,000. Ledesma made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Cutoff: A♦K♠
Manuel Ledesma: 10♦10♣

It was a standard preflop flip until the 10♠10♥J♦ flop gave Ledesma four of a kind, leaving his opponent drawing dead. The 3♠ turn and J♣ river c hanged nothing and Ledesma collected a nice pot while sending his opponent to the rail three spots shy of making the money.

Player	Chips	Progress
Manuel Ledesma	318,000 215,000	215,000

Tags: Manuel Ledesma

02-18-2024 00:09 UTC+1

Dragomir Scores Double Knockout to Burst Money Bubble

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

In a preflop confrontation, a player from early position was all in for roughly 80,000, a player from middle position was all in for slightly less and Ionut Dragomir in the small blind had made the call with a covering stack to put both players at risk.

Middle Position: J♣J♠
Early Position: A♥Q♠
Ionut Dragomir: K♣K♦

Dragomir was in excellent shape to score the double knockout and remained ahead on the Q♦7♠4♣ flop. The A♦ turn gave the early position player the lead but in a dramatic turn of events the river was the K♠, giving Dragomir the final pot of the night while both opponents were sent to the rail on the stone bubble.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ionut Dragomir	505,000

Tags: Ionut Dragomir

02-18-2024 01:02 UTC+1

Celdran Dominates Day 1d of EAPT Madrid €560 Main Event

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Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The curtain has fallen on the penultimate flight of the EAPT Madrid €560 Main Event here at Casino Gran Via. Day 1d was the largest starting flight so far, attracting a total of 101 entrants. Of those 101 entrants, only 15 players remain after nearly 14 levels of play.

Spain's Fernando Celdran ended the night with the biggest stack, bagging 578,000 chips. Celdran currently holds the second-largest stack overall from the first four starting flights, surpassed only by Day 1b chip leader Dario Bagattini who bagged 649,000. Celdran is most closely followed by Romania's Ionut Dragomir (505,000) and Germany's Samuel Tebege (407,000).

Day 1d Top Ten Chip Counts

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Fernando Celdran	Spain	578,000
2	Ionut Dragomir	Romania	505,000
3	Samuel Tebege	Germany	407,000
4	Gerrit Blanckaert	Netherlands	365,000
5	Manuel Ledesma	Spain	337,000
6	Nacho Cuesta	Spain	278,000
7	Fernando Santa Maria	Dominican Republic	237,000
8	Cristobal Ochoa	Venezuela	232,000
9	David Civai	Italy	207,000
10	Ricardo Stara	Italy	193,000

Samuel Tebege, who earlier in this festival placed fourth in the €250 EAPT cup for €3,975, got off to a good start and seemed to be in cruise control for most of the day. He was rarely, if ever, below an average stack and finished the night as the third-largest stack in the room.

Ionut Dragomir was under the radar for most of the day before rapidly accumulating chips in the later levels. He would win the final hand of the night in a dramatic runout that saw the lead change multiple times before Dragomir rivered a set of kings to knock out two players on the money bubble and finish the night with the second-largest stack in the room.

Celdran emerged as one of the largest stacks in the room after scoring a double knockout of his own midway through the day and never looked back from that point. Celdran would leverage his stack to pressure his opponents and win a number of pots without showdown until bagging the chip lead at the end of the night.

Other notables who bagged and tagged include Manuel Ledesma (337,000) and Fernando Santa Maria (237,000). Both players have enjoyed recent success in Spain at the poker tables. Just over two weeks ago Ledesma won the 888poker LIVE Madrid Main Event for €58,000 while Santa Maria won the EAPT Barcelona Main Event this past October for €26,625.

The final turbo Day 1e starting flight is currently underway, after which the survivors from all five starting flights will combine for Day 2 tomorrow, February 18 at which point all surviving players will be in the money.

As always, stay tuned to PokerNews as we bring you all the exciting action as this event plays down to an eventual winner on the final day taking place February 19.

Tags: Cristobal Ochoa Dario Bagattini David Civai Fernando Celdran Fernando Santa Maria Gerrit Blanckaert Ionut Dragomir Manuel Ledesma Nacho Cuesta Ricardo Stara Samuel Tebege Santa Maria